Parma Ham & Asparagus

Total Time: 26 mins Preparation Time: 11 mins Cook Time: 15 mins

Ingredients

• 350 g asparagus
• 2 teaspoons walnut oil or 2 teaspoons olive oil
• 1 onion, finely chopped
• 1 garlic clove, crushed
• 115 g parma ham, cut into thin strips
• 1 tablespoon cornflour
• 175 ml vegetable stock
• 70 ml dry wine
• 1 tablespoon light soy sauce
• 2 teaspoons dijon mustard
• salt and pepper
• rosemary sprig, to garnish
• linguine

Recipe

• 1 trim the woody ends from the asparagus and cut the stems into 1 cm lengths.
• 2 in a saucepan, heat the oil over a high heat and cook the asparagus, onion and galric for 5 minutes.
• 3 reduce the heat, add the ham and cook for 1 minutes.
• 4 in a bowl, blend the cornflour, stock, wine , soy sauce, mustard and salt and pepper and add to the pan.
• 5 bring to the boil, stirring and continue to cook, stirring until the mixture thickens.
• 6 simmer for 5 minutes.
• 7 garnish with rosemary sprigs and serve with the freshly cooked linguine.